1-samuel 6:14
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered the cows a burnt offering to the LORD.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered the cows a burnt offering to the LORD.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and came to a stop there by a great stone: and cutting up the wood of the cart they made a burned offering of the cows to the Lord.
Webster's Revision
And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they cleaved the wood of the cart, and offered the cows a burnt-offering to the LORD.
World English Bible
The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Definitions for 1-samuel 6:14
Clarke's 1-samuel 6:14 Bible Commentary
They clave the wood of the cart - Both the cart and the cattle having been thus employed, could no longer be devoted to any secular services; therefore the cattle were sacrificed, and the cart was broken up for fuel to consume the sacrifice.
Barnes's 1-samuel 6:14 Bible Commentary
A great stone - (Compare Genesis 28:18; Judges 13:19). This great stone was probably used as an altar on this occasion, and the kine stopping at it of their own accord was understood by the Bethshemites as an intimation that they were to offer sacrifices on it to the Lord God of Israel, who had so wonderfully brought back the ark from its captivity.
And they clave the wood of the cart ... - A similar expedient was resorted to by Araunah 2 Samuel 24:22, and by Elisha 1 Kings 19:21.
Wesley's 1-samuel 6:14 Bible Commentary
6:14 They - Not the lords of the Philistines, but the Beth - shemites, the priest that dwelt there.Offered the kine - There may seem to he a double error in this act. First, that they offered females for a burnt - offering, contrary to Leviticus 1:3 . Secondly, that they did it in a forbidden place, 12:5 ,6.But this case being extraordinary, may in some sort excuse it, if they did not proceed by ordinary rules.
